SUCKING IN THE ’70s: New House Democrats Can Be Today’s ‘Watergate Babies.’

Having lived through all of that once, I’m not looking forward to a return of double-digit inflation, unemployment and interest rates, impeachment hearings, and 21st century equivalents of bugging out of Vietnam, and the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

REEF: Divers release first footage of SS ‘United States’ after intentional sinking.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

All Of Nation’s Technology Fails After One Asian Guy Fired https://t.co/pfnD3L3c1A

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 14, 2026

THE GERMANS CALL IT A FARTWALK: I Walked After Every Meal for Two Months, and My Digestion Has Been Changed Forever.

LOST IN A GALLUP:

There were, collectively, some striking #poll misses in 2026 midterms, including:

· Texas Senate: off by 9.5 points
· Texas Governor: off by 9.4 points (pointed to wrong winner)
· Georgia Senate: off by 9.4 points
· North Carolina Senate: off by 8.7 points
· Georgia Governor:…

— W. Joseph Campbell (@wjosephcampbell) November 14, 2026

(Classical reference in headline.)

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IT’S BEEN A HECK OF A WEEK, HASN’T IT?  Memes of the Apocalypse.

I FAVOR A PUSH-PULL SYSTEM AND ALWAYS HAVE: Experts say ditch push-only workouts: These 2 upper-body moves help build a balanced chest and back.

JUST DON’T MENTION THE JIHAD:

It’s come to this. Britain’s last line of defense, the Silly Walks guy. https://t.co/1MkpyKVStC pic.twitter.com/aFfDSITvhg

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) November 14, 2026

WOKE 2.0 IS DESPERATE FOR NEW MATERIAL: Crazy: NPR Guest and University of Michigan Gender Studies Professor Claims Physical Fitness Is a “Tool of Soft Fascism” — Says BMI Standards and Self-Discipline Are “Racialized”

NPR guest and gender studies professor Ava Purkiss (Ph.D.) suggests that being physically fit is a tool of fascism.

Purkiss argued that the government is "racializing" and separating people with high BMIs through the fascist concept of being physically fit.

Lmao. Remarkable. pic.twitter.com/iUHh49OwN5

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 14, 2026

C’mon guys, think of something new; you’ve run this topic into the ground:

● Do you boast about your fitness? Watch out – you’ll unavoidably become rightwing.

—The Grauniad, September 27th, 2018.

● ‘Fascist fitness:’ how the far right is recruiting with online gym groups.

—The Grauniad, March 6^th, 2022.

● MSNBC opinion article ridiculed for warning about ‘fascist fitness.’

—Fox News, March 23^rd, 2022.

● The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts About the History of U.S. Physical Fitness.

—Time magazine, December 28^th, 2022.

● According to MSNBC, if you exercise and work out, you’re a Nazi.

—The Washington Examiner, July 11^th, 2023.

Finally, in California, you don’t need an ID to vote, but you do need one to buy creatine: California to force gym buffs to show ID to buy popular fitness supplement.

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Huang ‘Em High Edition.

LIFTOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 12:30 ET TODAY. Powerful Vulcan Centaur rocket launching for 1st time in 9 months: Watch it Live.

YES:

Elon is like the inverse of government. When he employs a hundred thousand people, it’s very visible and obvious what they actually do…and they’re very good at it. https://t.co/BHIoMjQGhN

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) November 14, 2026

READER FAVORITE: Walker’s Razor Slim Electronic Muff. #CommissionEarned

AND THE AI ANSWER IS: What happens when we pose the same question to multiple AIs? Are AI systems free from the unstated, unexamined assumptions of their trainers? HillFaith starts today with the first of a series of queries to be posed in coming weeks to ChatGPT, DiscO, and Grok 4.6. The variations in their responses are definitely food for thought.

WHY DINING OUT DOESN’T FEEL WELCOMING ANYMORE (Video):

It could definitely get worse though, as many socialists are looking to nationalize the industry: 39% of Democratic Voters Think Restaurant Industry “Should Be Publicly Owned and Operated.”

WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIGHER EDUCATION: UChicago professor, sister of Sen.-elect El-Sayed, thinks universities are for building political ‘power.’

LIMITED TIME DEAL:Windproof Travel Umbrella – Compact & Withstands Winds up to 100MPH. #CommissionEarned

DOMESTIC TERRORISTS: Michigan threat defendants include fired university employee, progressive activists: Several defendants charged in a federal conspiracy involving threats against University of Michigan officials previously worked for the university, participated in anti-Israel activism, or supported Democratic campaigns. The Department of Justice indicted eight individuals June 10 and charged four more Oct. 30.

I’VE BEEN HEARING THAT IT’S OUTDATED FOR SEVERAL DECADES: Duffy Blames Outdated System After Nationwide Flight Ground Stop.

Even Ari Emanuel (Rahm’s brother) is throwing shade at Pete Buttigieg for blowing a chance at reform. Though to be fair, Buttigieg was on paternity leave for a lot of that time.

No one’s hands are clean here. However, Mr. Secretary Buttigieg, you had four years in the job and infrastructure money, yet made zero progress modernizing the FAA. You left a failing system in place. THANKS!

— Ari Emanuel (@AriEmanuel) November 13, 2026

Perhaps, for once, we should follow Canada’s lead and privatize air traffic control.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Florida AG Says Post-Parkland Bump Stock Ban is Unconstitutional and His Office Won’t Defend Convictions.

EXCITING BUT DISAPPOINTING: Starship Test Flight 15 Has a Clean Launch but No Tower Catch.

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN WHILE WE KILL YOUR NATION: rance Escalates Weaponization of Hate Speech Laws to Silence Islam’s Critics.

WE’VE LONG SUSPECTED IT’S FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN:  Stephen Miller says the scale of welfare fraud is SO MASSIVE that eliminating it alone could balance the ENTIRE federal budget “The amount that has been fleeced from us is in the HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars.” “We could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them.”

THE ANTI-SEMITIC LEFT: Chris Rabb Refuses To Condemn Antisemitic Boycott in His District; Attacks ‘Awful Things’ from Counterprotesters.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: COWAY Air Purifier for Home Up to 1,748ft². #CommissionEarned